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- NASA Works with Boeing, Other Collaborators Toward More Efficient Global Flights NASA · 11 Dec 2025 Picture this: You’re just about done with a transoceanic flight, and the tracker in your seat-back screen shows you approaching your destination airport. And then … you notice your plane is moving away. Pretty far away....
- Space-enabled air traffic control takes flight globally ESA · 11 Dec 2025 Air travellers will shrink their carbon footprint while reducing flight delays worldwide, thanks to a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA), satellite operator Viasat and aerospace company Boeing. Flights...
- NASA changes Starliner contract: First ISS mission to carry only cargo SpaceDaily · 26 Nov 2025 Miami FL (UPI) Nov 26, 2025 Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will only fly cargo to the International Space Station after NASA changed the contract with Boeing that also cut the number of missions for the craft. On Monday,...
- NASA, Boeing pivot Starliner-1 mission from 4-person astronaut flight to cargo-only Spaceflight Now · 24 Nov 2025 The change comes days after the mission’s previous commander was promoted to lead NASA’s Astronaut Office. NASA and Boeing are also reducing the required number of missions to the International Space Station from six dow...
- NASA, Boeing Modify Starliner Contract: Fewer Launches, Cargo Only on Starliner-1 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Nov 2025 NASA and Boeing have agreed to modify the contract for the Starliner commercial crew vehicle designed to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Repeated setbacks in Starliner’s
- NASA to fly only cargo on next Starliner mission under modified contract SpaceNews · 24 Nov 2025 NASA has revised its commercial crew contract with Boeing, reducing the number of Starliner missions to four, the first of which will carry only cargo.
- NATO allies ditch Boeing for new surveillance planes SpaceDaily · 18 Nov 2025 Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 NATO countries have ditched plans to buy US-made Boeing aircraft to replace the alliance's ageing fleet of surveillance planes, after Washington pulled out of the programme, the Nethe...
- ViaSat-3 F2 satellite arrives in Florida ahead of late October launch Spaceflight Now · 1 Oct 2025 The spacecraft will launch onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 551 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It’s built on Boeing’s 702MP+ satellite bus.
- Boeing turns to 3D printing to speed production of satellite solar arrays SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 The first 3D-printed arrays will be deployed on small satellites built by Millennium Space
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 2 O3b mPOWER satellites for SES on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 21 Jul 2025 The mission represents the fifth pair of Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites to launch into medium Earth orbit. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:12 p.m. EDT (2112 UTC).
- Boeing updates EUS progress via thrust structure render NASASpaceflight · 18 Jul 2025 Boeing is expected to spend 2.8 billion dollars on NASA’s brand-new Exploration Upper Stage (EUS),…
- Next Boeing Starliner To Fly Without Crew as NASA Looks to Extend SpaceX Missions To 8 Month Rotation The Launch Pad · 13 Jul 2025 Next Boeing Starliner To Fly Without Crew as NASA Looks to Extend SpaceX Missions To 8 Month Rotation
- Boeing lands $2.8 billion deal to build next-gen nuclear communications satellites SpaceNews · 4 Jul 2025 The ESS satellites are central to U.S. nuclear command, control and communications
- Boeing ships more O3b mPower satellites with fixes SES might no longer need SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2025 Boeing has shipped two more O3b mPower broadband satellites to SES with hardware fixes the operator might no longer need thanks to a surprising assist from solar storms.
- DIP Spotlights #3 NASA · 18 Jun 2025 SFNP-OPS DEMO 1 DIP Hosts Visit with Wisk Aero and SkyGrid at NASA/FAA North Texas Research Station (NTX), Fort Worth April 3, 2024 On April 3rd, the Digital Information Platform (DIP) team hosted representatives from Wi...
- Further delays of Starliner’s next flight mark anniversary of its first crewed Space Station docking Spaceflight Now · 7 Jun 2025 NASA said the next launch of the Boeing crew vehicle is now targeting no earlier than early 2026. However, that hinges on testing campaign set to take place at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.
- NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield Hosts Boeing Digital Taxi Tests NASA · 22 May 2025 New technology tested by an industry partner at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley could improve how commercial planes taxi to and from gates to runways, making operations safer and more efficient...
- NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus NASA · 24 Apr 2025 NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft co...
- Boeing reports progress on containing Starliner costs SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2025 Boeing executives said the company is making progress on containing the costs of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, but offered few details on technical work.
- Ground twin built for Boeing’s 2026 quantum satellite demo SpaceNews · 16 Apr 2025 Boeing announced April 16 it has built the ground-based portion of a mission aiming to demonstrate quantum networking in space, marking a key milestone ahead of launching a small satellite called Q4S next year.
- Boeing’s Millennium Space expands production to meet defense demand SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 The company is expanding its small-satellite production space from 22,000 square feet to nearly 42,000 square feet.
- Boeing’s bet: supercharge satellite production SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 Colorado Springs — Change is underway at Boeing Space Mission Systems. To meet growing demand, the veteran satellite manufacturer is creating hot production lines to accelerate deliveries and investing in […]
- Butch and Suni to Meet with Boeing Leadership on Starliner’s Path Forward SpacePolicyOnline.com · 31 Mar 2025 The two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, but returned on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, will soon meet with Boeing’s leadership about getting Starliner
- NASA switches Starliner crew to SpaceX Dragon as testing continues on troubled Boeing capsule Spaceflight Now · 28 Mar 2025 Zena Cardman, the original commander of the Crew-9 mission, will get to fly to space as the commander of Crew-11. Launch is set for no earlier than July 2025.
- Back to Orbit? NASA, Boeing Target Late 2025 for Starliner’s First Operational Mission To ISS The Launch Pad · 27 Mar 2025 Back to Orbit? NASA, Boeing Target Late 2025 for Starliner’s First Operational Mission To ISS
- NASA examining options for another Starliner test flight SpaceNews · 20 Mar 2025 NASA is evaluating options for another test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle before beginning regular ISS missions.
- Crew-9, Starliner CFT astronauts returning to Earth aboard Crew Dragon NASASpaceflight · 18 Mar 2025 After more than nine months in space, the crew of the Boeing Crew Flight Test…
- Boeing remains committed to space business SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025 Despite rumors to the contrary, Boeing is not preparing to exit the space business.
- The NASA DC-8 Retires: Reflections on its Contributions to Earth System Science NASA · 11 Mar 2025 Introduction Since 1987, a highly modified McDonnell Douglas DC-8 aircraft has been a workhorse in NASA’s Airborne Science Program (ASP)—see Photo 1. The aircraft, located at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC...
- Artemis II Upper Stage Delivered to Kennedy NASA · 10 Mar 2025 NASA received the upper stage for the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Mar. 4 supplied by Boeing and United Launch Alliance (ULA). Known as the interim cryogenic propulsion stage, it arrived at the...
- X-37B Back Home from 7th Mission SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Mar 2025 DOD’s X-37B spaceplane is back on Earth tonight after 434 days in space. The Boeing-built vehicle landed at 2:22 am ET this morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, a
- U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane lands following 434-day orbital mission Spaceflight Now · 7 Mar 2025 The secret winged spacecraft launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Dec. 29, 2023 to conduct a classified mission. The landing concludes the seventh flight of the Boeing-built spacecraft since 2010.
- Boeing Warns of Potential SLS Layoffs SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Feb 2025 Boeing told employees working on the Space Launch System program yesterday that significant layoffs may take place by April because of anticipated changes by NASA. They added they would try
- Lockheed Martin, Boeing compete for military satellite contract amid commercial disruption SpaceNews · 8 Feb 2025 The Space Force last year awarded Lockheed Martin and Boeing $66 million each for the first phase of the MUOS Service Life Extension program
- Boeing warns SLS employees of potential layoffs SpaceNews · 8 Feb 2025 Boeing has notified employees working on the Space Launch System program that up to 400 of them could lose their jobs.
- Boeing has informed its employees that NASA may cancel SLS contracts Ars Technica · 7 Feb 2025 The White House has not made a final decision yet on the large rocket.
- NASA leaders, Artemis contractors argue importance of architecture continuity for returning to the Moon Spaceflight Now · 7 Feb 2025 Representatives from NASA, Boeing and Lockheed Martin argued that the United States shouldn’t skip past the Moon in favor of Mars when it comes to crewed deep space exploration. The discussion came up during a panel at t...
- Wind Over Its Wing: NASA’s X-66 Model Tests Airflow NASA · 5 Feb 2025 NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project recently concluded wind tunnel tests of its X-66 semi-span model in partnership with Boeing. The model, designed to represent half the aircraft, allows the research te...
- Boeing and ThinKom Complete High-Bandwidth Satellite Connectivity for Military Demo The Launch Pad · 5 Feb 2025 Boeing and ThinKom Complete High-Bandwidth Satellite Connectivity for Military Demo
- ThinKom, Boeing demo high-speed satellite communications for military aircraft SpaceNews · 5 Feb 2025 A ThinKom low-profile antenna was integrated with Boeing modems, and communications were provided by Viasat’s satellite network